HOUSE BILL No. 4380


     February 27, 2001, Introduced by Reps. DeWeese, Gosselin, Julian, Kooiman, Garcia, Voorhees and Kuipers and referred to the Committee on
Education.


        A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

   "The state school aid act of 1979,"

   by amending section 166b (MCL 388.1766b), as amended by 1999

   PA 119.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 166b.  (1) This act does not prohibit a parent or legal

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      guardian of a minor who is enrolled in any of grades 1 to 12 in a

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      nonpublic school or who is being home-schooled from also enroll-

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      ing the minor in a district or intermediate district in any cur-

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      ricular offering that is provided by the district or intermediate

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      district at a public school site and is available to pupils in

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      the minor's grade level or age group, subject to compliance with

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      the same requirements that apply to a full-time pupil's

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      participation in the offering.  However, state school aid shall

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      be provided under this act for a minor enrolled as described in


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      this subsection only for curricular offerings that are offered to

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      full-time pupils in the minor's grade level or age group during

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      regularly scheduled school hours.

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           (2) This act does not prohibit a parent or legal guardian of

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      a minor who is enrolled in any of grades 1 to 12 in a nonpublic

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      school located within the district or who resides within the dis-

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      trict and is being home-schooled from also enrolling the minor in

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      the district in a curricular offering being provided by the dis-

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      trict at the nonpublic school site.  However, state school aid

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      shall be provided under this act for a minor enrolled as

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      described in this subsection only if all of the following apply:

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            (a) The nonpublic school site is located, or the nonpublic

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      students are educated, within the geographic boundaries of either

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      the district or a contiguous district operating under a coopera-

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      tive program of which the district is a member and that is estab-

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      lished for the purpose of providing nonessential elective courses

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      to nonpublic school students.

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           (A)  (b)  The nonpublic school is registered with the

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      department as a nonpublic school and meets all state reporting

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      requirements for nonpublic schools.

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           (B)  (c)  The instruction is scheduled to occur during the

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      regular school day.

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           (C)  (d)  The instruction is provided directly by an

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      employee of the district or of an intermediate district.

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           (D)  (e)  The curricular offering is also available to

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      full-time pupils in the minor's grade level or age group in the

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      district during the regular school day at a public school site.



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            (f) The curricular offering is restricted to nonessential

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      elective courses for pupils in grades 1 to 12.

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           (3) A minor enrolled as described in this section is a

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      part-time pupil for purposes of state school aid under this act.
















































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